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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Ben David" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrbendavid@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2013 12:21:11 -0500
Subject: ATTN:MOST URGENT

ATTN:MOST URGENT

My name is Mr. BEN DAVID I am a FBI foreign Remitancee Director here in Nigeria i discover your funds the sum of $6.5Million United State Dollars.We sincerely apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of a certified mail, phone call or a face-to-face conversation,it is due to the urgency.I was been appointed to come to West Africa for importance of the security information involve.


This office requested for your urgent attention on this regards.Send us your full complete details below:.

DELIVERY INFORMATION:
FULL NAME:
NATIONALITY:
AGE:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
CELLPHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
Passport ID


You can also call me now for more details:+234-8080602459 Or Our Fbi headquarter Office in NW Washington, D.C. for more details (Tel:1-718-663-7751)

Regard,
Mr. BEN DAVID
Foriegn Dept Offic

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